The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Seating for the Tuesday afternoon films is unreserved, which means there are no fixed places or seat numbers. You can choose your seat on the afternoon itself.
In 1935, Antoni Benaiges (Enric Auquer) is appointed teacher in a small, remote village in Burgos, Spain. His class is made up of boys and girls aged six to twelve, whose schooling until then had been strict and traditional. Benaiges, however, does things differently. He brings in a printing press and has them write about their dreams and ambitions. He also makes a special promise: one day he will take them to see the sea.
75 years later, Ariadna (Laia Costa), the granddaughter of one of his pupils, uncovers the moving and forgotten story behind that promise. Her search for the remains of her great-grandfather, one of the many who ‘disappeared’ during the Spanish Civil War, leads her to a mass grave in Burgos. There she unravels the fate of Benaiges, whose ideals and innovative teaching methods made him a target.
Credits Director: Patricia Font With: Enric Auquer, Laia Costa, Luisa Gavasa and Ramón Agirre Duration: 105 minutes without an interval
